The first night with Lila went easily. She slept in her crate in my room. I took her outside to pee a couple of times, so I’m a little tired today. She’s a handful, for sure. She loves all her toys and often takes them all under a chair or the table. But she also loves to chew chair legs and my sweater and pant legs. She even tried to chew on the images in the carpet! So we have some work to do here! Her statistics: she’s eight weeks old, weighs 8.6 pounds, a Portuguese Water Dog.
Meanwhile, I need to sing praise to Jane Bond, the woman who made it possible for me to have Lila. She (Goldwater Kennels) boards, grooms and breeds both Portuguese Water Dogs (nicknamed Porties) and Golden Retrievers. And her puppies are the best! She makes sure that every puppy is handled and played with every day, knows the personality of each pup, and is very careful in her breeding. These puppies come well socialized and very healthy. She uses my vet (who practices wholistic medicine) and he told me everyone loves Jane’s puppies. After visiting her five times in the process of getting my pup, I can well understand why.
She has a new litter born just before Christmas. They are adorable, as all puppies are. If you are interested in one of her (wonderful!) puppies, she can be reached through her website: www3.ns.sympatico.ca/bond.
She's adorable Leya!
More pictures! And does your camera take video clips? It would be nice to see her move a little, if possible.
I've never posted a video clip but I would like to try. It's a great idea. She bounces around a lot. It would be very cute. And her being mostly black has made it hard to take effective still pix.
Posted by: Leya at January 6, 2006 03:59 PMHow wonderful, she looks adorable.
Posted by: Barbara at January 6, 2006 11:31 PMWhat a cutie. I hope the puppy brings joy to your life.
Posted by: Barbara at January 6, 2006 11:33 PMHey Leya!
Congratulations with the cutest pup, ever!
She looks just adorable.
In Azores I saw some those of Porties, Azores Island are part of Portugal, even it's very far away from the mainland.
I did not get a photo of them, but I also saw some shorthaired, shortlegged species of Azores-dogs, I think :)
Posted by: Elin at January 7, 2006 05:12 AMLike you, I have one of Jane's pups -- born in June, from Blizzard. One of the best socialized pups I've ever seen. As you say, Jane's kennels are just about the best, thanks to her total dedication.
Posted by: Peter Hebb at March 3, 2006 11:40 AMI also have one of Jane's pups from the litter that was born Christmas Eve. Sophie is such a great puppy. I agree Jane is a great breader!!!
Posted by: Cindy Thompson at March 10, 2006 08:40 AM